Marlena feels conflicted about understanding how or why she felt they both put Eric in the position of upsetting the court by showing up late for his sentencing. Let’s face it, they chose to spend night consuming a very deadly combination of pills and alcohol, knowing that Eric had to be in court early the next morning, and all Marlena sees is her beloved son getting an even higher sentence because of their reckless decision to ignore it; and, for what, it’s not as if it was going to continue. Of course, they’re going to make Marlena out to be the heavy here, but I can totally understand her actions. She will, of course, forgive Jennifer at some point and possibly work with her to try and help her, if only because Eric asked her to look out for Jen. She even admitted that she would, so I can’t see where Marlena was that unreasonable. Marlena was wracked with pain herself. Eric may be an adult, but he is still her loving child, whom she adores. So, I guess I can cut her some slack here.